Events in the year 1899 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

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Oscar II Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905. Oscar was the son of King Oscar I and Queen Josephine. He inherited the Swedish and Norweg ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

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Johannes Steen Johannes Wilhelm Christian Steen (22 July 1827 - 1 April 1906) was a Norwegian statesman and educator who served as the 6th prime minister of Norway from 1891 to 1893 and from 1898 to 1902. Background He was born in Christiania (now Oslo, Nor ...

Events

*1 April – The

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions ( no, Landsorganisasjonen i Norge, LO) is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions ...

is established. *27 June – The

paperclip A paper clip (or paperclip) is a tool used to hold sheets of paper together, usually made of steel wire bent to a looped shape (though some are covered in plastic). Most paper clips are variations of the ''Gem'' type introduced in the 1890s or e ...

is patented by

Johan Vaaler Johan Vaaler (March 15, 1866 – March 14, 1910) was a Norwegian inventor and patent clerk. He has often erroneously been identified as the inventor of the common paper clip. Biography Johan Vaaler was born at Aurskog-Høland in Akershus ...

, a Norwegian inventor. *13 October – The Røvær accident: A storm kills 30 people at sea near

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...

. *14 October – The Titran accident: A storm kills 141 fishermen at sea near

Frøya, Trøndelag Frøya is the westernmost municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region and consists of the island of Frøya, which lies north of the island of Hitra, as well several thousand other small islands surrounding the isla ...

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Grans Brewery The Grans Brewery (Grans Bryggeri AS) is a brewery founded in 1899 in Sandefjord, Norway. The name was ''Sandefjord Bryggeri og Mineralvandfabrik A/S'' until 1965. After two generations of Guttorm Gran (senior and junior) in the management, Trygve ...

is founded.

Popular culture

Sports

*5 March – The sports club

Korsvoll IL Korsvoll IL is a sports club from Korsvoll in the borough of Nordre Aker in Oslo, Norway. It was founded on 5 March 1899 as a skiing club, and today has sections for football, handball, floorball, and cross-country skiing. Football The men's foo ...

is founded. *10 August –

Viking FK Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, having won 8 ...

football club is founded. *The sports club

Kongsberg IF Kongsberg Idrettforening is a Norwegian sports club from Kongsberg, founded in 1899. It has sections for athletics, gymnastics, alpine skiing, ski jumping, cross country skiing, telemark skiing, snowboarding, speed skating, ice hockey, football, ...

is founded. *The gymnastics club

Volda TI Volda TI (''Volda Turn- og Idrottslag'') is a sports club in Volda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It currently has sections for association football and "general sports". The club was founded as ''Voldens TF'' in 1899 as a gymnastics club. Other sp ...

is founded.

Music

Theatre

*25 August – First performance at the theatre academy Sekondteatret *1 September – First performance at the newly constructed National Theatre in

Kristiania Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

Literature

*The newspaper ''

Rogalands Avis ''Rogalands Avis'' is a local newspaper published in Stavanger, Norway. History and profile ''Rogalands Avis'' was established in 1899. The paper is based in Stavanger and covers the southern Rogaland. A Labour Party-affiliated newspaper, it ...

'' established *The newspaper ''

Finnmarken ''Finnmarken'' is a local newspaper published in Vadsø, Norway. It covers eastern Finnmark. It was established in 1899 by Adam Egede-Nissen and others. In 1942 ''Finnmarken'' was taken over by the national socialist occupant regime. They incorp ...

'' established

Notable births

*25 January – Peder Holt, politician (died 1963) *25 January – Rolf Jacobsen, boxer (died 1960) *3 February – Olaf Aarvold, priest and politician (died 1991) *12 February –

Johan Grøttumsbråten Johan Hagbart Pedersen Grøttumsbraaten (24 February 1899 – 24 January 1983) was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country. Dominating both events in the 1920s and early 1930s, he won several medals in the early Winte ...

, skier and multiple Olympic gold medallist (died 1983) *15 February – Mikal Grøvan, politician (died 1956) *14 March – Kjell Tellander, politician (died 1968) *17 March –

Søren Berg Sørensen Moen Søren Berg Sørensen Moen (17 March 1899 – 16 May 1946) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 1945, but he died less than one year into the term. He was replaced by Peder ...

, politician (died 1946) *26 March – Ragnvald Mikal Andersen, politician (died 1995) *8 April – Arthur Sundt, politician (died 1971) *27 April –

Erling Johannes Norvik Erling Johannes Norvik (27 April 1899–27 November 1964) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and was briefly the acting County Governor of Finnmark county from September 1945 u ...

, politician (died 1964) *1 July – Haakon Olsen Wika, politician (died 1981) *17 July – Johannes Overå, fisheries administrator (died 1989). *23 July –

Johan Trandem Johan Trandem (23 July 1899 – 29 December 1996) was a Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower. At the 1928 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the discus final with a throw of 43.97 metres and thirteenth in shot put with 13.40 metres. He bec ...

, shot putter and discus thrower (died 1996) *25 July – Olav Svendsen, jurist. *6 August –

Lillebil Ibsen Lillebil Ibsen (née Sofie Parelius Monrad Krohn) (6 August 1899 – 12 August 1989) was a Norwegian dancer and actress. Personal life Lillebil was born in Kristiania, as the daughter of engineer Georg Monrad Krohn and actress Gyda Martha Kristi ...

, dancer and actress (died 1989) *6 August – Torstein Børte, politician (died 1985) *6 August – Finn Nagell, military officer, Milorg pioneer, economist and businessperson (died 1977). *8 August – Olav Sundal, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1978) *17 August – Torolv Kandahl, politician (died 1982) *23 August –

Terje Wold Terje Wold (23 August 1899 – 6 September 1972) was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Labour Party. Terje Wold was born in Evenes. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1921. He worked as a jurist, becoming a Supreme Court Justice of Norway in ...

, judge, politician and Minister (died 1972) *25 August –

Karl Aas Karl Jan Aas (25 August 1899 – 1 September 1943) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Norwegian men's gymnastics team which won the silver medal in the gymnastics free system event. He repres ...

, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1943) *27 August –

Per Hagen Per Hagen (27 August 1899 – 4 October 1983) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral dist ...

, politician (died 1983) *13 September – Magnus Bjorndal,

Norwegian American Norwegian Americans ( nb, Norskamerikanere, nn, Norskamerikanarar) are Americans with ancestral roots in Norway. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the latter half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the ...

engineer (died 1971) *22 September –

Emil Løvlien Emil Løvlien (22 September 1899 – 4 June 1973) was a Norwegian forest worker, trade unionist and politician from Løten. He represented the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party until the split in 1923, and the Communist Party of Norway, C ...

, forest worker, trade unionist and politician (died 1973) *30 September – Henry Larsen, Arctic explorer in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

(died 1964) *7 October –

Øystein Ore Øystein Ore (7 October 1899 – 13 August 1968) was a Norwegian mathematician known for his work in ring theory, Galois connections, graph theory, and the history of mathematics. Life Ore graduated from the University of Oslo in 1922, with a ...

, mathematician (died 1968) *23 October –

Bernt Balchen Bernt Balchen (23 October 1899 – 17 October 1973) was a Norwegian pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader. A Norwegian native, he later became an American citizen and was a recipient of the Distingu ...

, polar and aviation pioneer in America (died 1973) *24 October – Einar Hareide, politician (died 1983) *1 November –

Anne Grimdalen Anne Grimdalen (1 November 1899 – 3 October 1961) was a Norwegian sculptor. She was born on the mountain farm Grimdalen in Skafså, Telemark, and later also lived and worked in the so-called ''Kunstnerdalen'' in Asker. She worked mainly wit ...

, sculptor (died 1961) *7 November – Bjarne Fjærtoft, politician (died 1981) *12 November – Sverre Hansen, long jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1991) *24 November – Petter Jamvold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1961) *27 November –

Knut Hergel Knut (Norwegian and Swedish), Knud (Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used whi ...

, actor and theatre director (died 1982) *18 December –

Peter Wessel Zapffe Peter Wessel Zapffe (18 December 1899 – 12 October 1990) was a Norwegian philosopher, author, artist, lawyer and mountaineer. He is often noted for his philosophically pessimistic and fatalistic view of human existence. His system of ph ...

, author and philosopher (died 1990) *30 December –

Helge Ingstad Helge Marcus Ingstad (30 December 1899 – 29 March 2001) was a Norwegian explorer. In 1960, after mapping some Norse settlements, Ingstad and his wife archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad found remnants of a Viking settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows ...

, explorer (died 2001)

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Nils Hønsvald Nils Hønsvald (4 December 1899 – 24 November 1971) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He was one of the leading figures in Norwegian politics from 1945 to 1969. He served as President of the Nordic Council ...

, politician and Minister (died 1971) * Jonas Lie, politician and Minister, collaborator (died 1945) *

Egil Offenberg Egil Offenberg (8 March 1899 – 28 July 1975) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative party. He was the chief executive officer at the Schou Brewery from 1932 to 1967. He was active in the Norwegian resistance movement ...

, politician and Minister (died 1975) *

Jakob Martin Pettersen Jakob Martin Pettersen (11 April 1899 – 8 February 1970) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and Minister of Transport and Communications 1952–1955. Born in Bergen to a factory worker and his wife, Pettersen studied chemistry at ...

, politician and Minister (died 1970) * Knut Robberstad, jurist and philologist (died 1981) *

Arne Torkildsen Arne Torkildsen (14 September 1899 – 7 March 1968) was a Norwegian neurosurgeon. He described the surgical technique of ventriculocisternostomy (lateral ventricle to cisterna magna,; a predecessor of today's endoscopic third ventriculostomy), whi ...

, neurosurgeon (died 1968)

Notable deaths

*2 February –

Halfdan Egedius Halfdan Egedius (May 5, 1877 – February 2, 1899) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. Biography Halfdan Johnsen Egedius was born in Drammen in Buskerud county and grew up in Christiania (now Oslo). His interest in painting and illustratio ...

, painter and illustrator (born 1877) *18 February –

Sophus Lie Marius Sophus Lie ( ; ; 17 December 1842 – 18 February 1899) was a Norwegian mathematician. He largely created the theory of continuous symmetry and applied it to the study of geometry and differential equations. Life and career Marius Sophu ...

, mathematician (born 1842) *5 June – Magnus Feilberg, bookseller and publisher (born 1817) *11 June –

Jakob Sverdrup Jakob Sverdrup may refer to: *Jakob Sverdrup (politician) (1845–1899), Norwegian bishop and politician *Jakob Sverdrup (philologist) (1881–1938), Norwegian philologist *Jakob Sverdrup (historian) Jakob Sverdrup (30 November 1919 – 5 December ...

, bishop and politician (born 1845) *4 September –

Jacob Dybwad Jacob Dybwad (20 July 1823 – 4 September 1899) was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher as well as a pioneer in the publishing trade. Dybwad was one of the founders of the publishing company and bookstore Jacob Dybwad A/S, which was in opera ...

, bookseller and publisher (born

1823 Events January–March * January 22 – By secret treaty signed at the Congress of Verona, the Quintuple Alliance gives France a mandate to invade Spain for the purpose of restoring Ferdinand VII (who has been captured by armed revolutio ...

). *8 December –

Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg (13 October 1827 – 8 December 1899) was a Norwegian politician. Spending his professional life as a customs surveyor, he was mayor of the cities Brevik and Skien, and served three terms in the Norwegian Parliame ...

, newspaper founder and editor and politician (born 1827)

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* Olav Jakobsen Høyem, teacher, telegrapher, supervisor of banknote printing and linguist (born 1830) *

Lauritz Jenssen Lauritz Jenssen (25 March 1837 – 7 June 1899) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. A part of a notable business family based in and around Trondhjem, Jenssen founded Ranheims Papirfabrik, and also served one term in the Parliament of ...

, businessperson and politician (born 1837) *

Oluf Rygh Oluf Rygh (5 September 1833 – 19 August 1899) was a noted Norwegian archaeologist, philologist and historian. Oluf Rygh is recognized as one of the founders of professional archaeology in Norway. He led the 1867 excavation of the Tune ship (''Tun ...

, archeologist, philologist and historian (born 1833) *

Christian Homann Schweigaard Christian Homann Schweigaard (14 October 1838 – 24 March 1899) was a Norwegian politician of the Conservative Party. He served as the 3rd prime minister for two months in 1884, a period after the impeachment of his predecessor Christian August ...

, politician and Prime Minister (born 1838)

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